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    The surname Koc

    A Turkish nickname surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K200

    Koc: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Koc #38,948, 566 people Koc: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Koc #38,948, 566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koc is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Turkish origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Koç, a nickname from koç (“ram”). * Borrowed from Polish Koc, a nickname from koc (“blanket”).

    Koc is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 566 people named Koc in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 435.

    #38,948
    rank among US surnames
    566
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.1%
    change since 2000 (was #46,153)

    Who is named Koc

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Koc identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Koc

    Koc has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Koc come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Koç, a nickname from koç (“ram”). * Borrowed from Polish Koc, a nickname from koc (“blanket”).
    How common is the surname Koc?
    566 people in the United States had the surname Koc in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koc?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Koc identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Koc?
    Koc is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Koc getting more or less common?
    More common. 435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, up 30%.